HMP Dartmoor to temporarily close after radioactive gas found in cells

HMP Dartmoor to temporarily close after radioactive gas found in cells

Over the next two weeks around 175 inmates will be evacuated from the category C men's prison in Devon.

Major UK prison to shut temporarily after radioactive gas found

175 prisoners are set to be evacuated from the Category C prison (Picture: Shutterstock) HMP Dartmoor is being closed temporarily and its inmates moved elsewhere, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. Around 175 inmates are to be evacuated from the category C men’s prison in Devon over the next two weeks after the discovery of high levels of radon at the jail. While the Ministry of Justice believes there is enough capacity to cope with the temp…

UK jail forced to close after radioactive gas found as prisoners evacuated

HMP Dartmoor has temporarily closed after high levels of radon were discovered.

Dartmoor Jail 'closing' after dangerously high levels of radioactive gas detected

The Prison Officers' Association said 175 inmates will be temporarily moved from Dartmoor owing to the discovery of the odourless radioactive gas radon which is a leading cause of lung cancer

All inmates to be moved out of Dartmoor

It follows "dangerously high levels of radon" at HMP Dartmoor, prison officers say.

HMP Dartmoor prison to close temporarily and inmates moved immediately due to radioactive gas

All inmates will be moved out of HMP Dartmoor after radioactive gas was found in cells